PoisonAlchemist: Man Muro, you boost my confidence and then you just go crush it with a heartbreaking work of staggering genius.Pariah: Don't tell him things like that, if his head gets any bigger he'll float off like a weather ballon :p

The Mist - The recent remake of the Stephen King novella. The special effects were A grade, but the acting was second rank, plus the movie was precut for the insertion of commercials. Fade to black screen changes for no apparent reason at transitions in the flow. All in all, not a bad watch, but I'm glad I didnt see it in the theatres.

Cloverfield - This movie kind of remins me of Oasis, great on it's own merit, but when the film makers set out to replace Godzilla as the king of the Monsters, it was about like when the guys from Oasis said they were going to be bigger than the Beatles. Good rent, and I wish I had coughed up the dough and seen this one at the theatre. As for the bit about motion sickness, there was really only one scene that affected me any.

“I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak.” -Bill Watterson

Yep, it a Giant Monster Stomps a City movie, this time the city is New York and rather than the traditional method of making monster movies, the entire movie is shot from the perspective of a person with a handheld camera. Kind of like what we might really see if there was a monster attack, shaking camera shots and short clips of video posted on the internet, cameraphones, that sorta thing.

Seen Babylon A.D. recently. Vin Diesel as I am used to him, the movie just left me with a "huh?". Not entirely bad, could be much better and clearer. An action movie with some perks, don't expect more.

The Lives of Others - a movie to get a feel for the former NDR (East Germany) and the workings of its meticulous secret police, very recommended. Experts say it worked even better...

How would you say it stacks up against the first Spider Man movie? Better? Or around the same?

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“I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak.” -Bill Watterson

I'm not sure the comparison can be made. Both were extremely good, but both were good in their own ways. I think Spider-Man wins, simply out of classic-nostalgia, as well as the final self-sacrifice moment at the end.

Both are good, it hows the evolution of both heroes and how thet had to learn their powers rather than just automagically understand them, compare Stark learning to fly in the iron man prototype with Parker experimenting with the web slinging on the roof scene. The biggest difference between the two movies is that Stark is a multi-billionaire playboy with all of the toys who realizes that he has to do the right thing. Parker is still living at home down on his luck everyman who chooses the path of the hero after his actions indirectly lead to his uncle's death.

I liked Iron Man better because Stark isn't a whiner, whereas Spidey has a bit much angst.

Iron Man is more akin to Batman, as both have gained their 'super powers' by their own willpower, Batman's discipline compares to Iron Man's technical know-how. Spidey got bit by a spider, and at the end of the movie doesnt get the girl (even though it is by his own expressed sacrifice)

PoisonAlchemist: Man Muro, you boost my confidence and then you just go crush it with a heartbreaking work of staggering genius.Pariah: Don't tell him things like that, if his head gets any bigger he'll float off like a weather ballon :p

Fight ClubThis movie is simply awesome. You are not your furniture, you are not your job, you are not the contents of your wallet.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Conquerors of ShamballaI like Fullmetal, and there is plenty of thaumatech in the State Alchemist's art. Mix in alternate timelines, nazi rocket powered airships, homunculi and all that. Not bad at all.

Hellboy II, The Golden ArmyChock full of graphical eye candy. If you dont get an idea for a sub or six from this movie, check for lobotomy scars.

True BloodThe HBO series deviates a good deal from the novels, and it is kinda obvious that the screenwriters of the series have heard of the World of Darkness. Still entertaining vamp series, with HBO it comes with almost gratuitous gore and a fair amount of nudity.

Currently watching the second season of Heroes. Not bad at all but there's a lot that remains a mystery, so much so that it gets a bit confusing towards the end.

P.S:Hell Boy 2 seems to be a movie that you either love or hate. A few of the local magazines gaive it some pretty good reviews but my sister said it was the most mindless waste of time that she has ever experienced .

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“I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak.” -Bill Watterson